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People Are People is a Synth-pop act. They run in the same orbit as Dave Gahan, Recoil, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into RuPaul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around People Are People and forward to RuPaul. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"People Are People" is a song by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 12 March 1984 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Some Great Reward (1984). Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin, it was the band's biggest hit to date: it hit number 1 in West Germany, was the first Top 20 single in the United States, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was their highest charting single in the UK to date, hitting number 4.
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People Are People connections
People Are People shares an orbit with Dave Gahan, Recoil, Erasure and Pet Shop Boys, went on to shape RuPaul. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with People Are People.
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